Pregnant woman who died kept pains secret

Patricia Walcott

Patricia Walcott, 29, the pregnant woman who died in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Wednesday, had been in pain for days before she was eventually hospitalised but kept it to herself.

This is according to Maxwell McDonald, Walcott’s common-law husband, who told Stabroek News that his wife was eight days overdue prior to her admission at the Fort Wellington hospital, Region Five.

The grieving McDonald said his wife attended clinic throughout her pregnancy and she had no